Subject_1 ARRESTMENT. Subject_2 Ranking of Arrestments.
Competition Richard Watkins with Mr Thomas Wilkie
Date: 2 January 1728 Case No. No 170.
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In a competition among arresters, the Lords found, in general, That arresters are to be preferred; according to the priority of their arrestments and their diligences thereon, albeit some of the arrestments were laid on before the term of payment of the debt arrested. As also, that they are to be preferred, according to the dates of their arrestments and diligences, when the term of payment of the debts, on which arrestments are used, are past at the time of the competition; notwithstanding that, at the time of laying on the arrestments, the terms of payment of some of the arresters debts were not come; or notwithstanding some of the arrestments were on dependencies, which were closed, and the debts liquidated before the competition.
